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衒

衒

Translingual

Han character

衒 (radical 144 行+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 竹人卜戈弓 (HOYIN), four-corner 21732, composition ⿲彳玄亍)

  1. brag
  2. show off, promote oneself

References

  • KangXi: page 1109, character 11
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34045
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1573, character 12
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 831, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+8852

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 衒

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (玄) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
弦 *ɡeːn
絃 *ɡeːn, *qʰʷeːn
舷 *ɡeːn
痃 *ɡeːn
胘 *ɡeːn, *ɡʷeːn
蚿 *ɡeːn
伭 *ɡeːn
婱 *ɡeːn
玄 *ɡʷeːn
眩 *ɡʷeːn, *ɡʷeːn
玹 *ɡʷeːn, *ɡʷeːn
玆 *ɡʷeːn
詃 *kʷeːn
泫 *ɡʷeːn
鉉 *ɡʷeːn
炫 *ɡʷeːn
袨 *ɡʷeːn
衒 *ɡʷeːn
惤 *ɡʷreːŋ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ɡʷeːn) : semantic 行 + phonetic 玄 ‎(OC *ɡʷeːn).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 衒
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 先 (86)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 黃練切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɦwenH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɦʷenH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɣuɛnH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɦwɛnH/
Li
Rong		 /ɣuenH/
Wang
Li		 /ɣiwenH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ɣiwenH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 xuàn
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 衒
Reading # 1/1
No. 14040
Phonetic
component		 玄
Rime
group		 元
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 泫
Old
Chinese		 /*ɡʷeːn/

Definitions

衒

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Japanese

Kanji

衒

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

衒 • ‎(hyeon) (hangeul 현, revised hyeon, McCune-Reischauer hyŏn, Yale hyen)

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Vietnamese

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